Topic: The Nintendo Switch Thread

@Ralizah
Did you see the new Atelier Ryza Switch footage? Its looking great. Good graphics, beautiful artstyle and environment, runs well... it looks great.

Daemon X Machina previews trickling in. Unfortunately most are bad with a clear lack of understanding of how the game works. My worry is that reviews/previews are going to paint a different picture from what the actual quality will be due to crappy reviews/previews.

@EvilLucario
I played the Prototype missions. I know what I liked, I know what I thought could be improved. They improved practically every complaint I had and then some. I dont think its GotY material, but it was fun. And the new gyro is gonna make it super fun.

So I'm sold regardless.

@JaxonH Wow. The environments don't look like they got hit at all. Honestly, it sort of reminds me of Dragon Quest XI S.

After years of compromised Switch ports, it's like people are suddenly learning how to optimize for the platform. This looks great. DQXI S looks great. The Witcher 3 looks pretty good.

This is definitely going to be my first Atelier game.

(...assuming it looks and plays good when undocked...)

@JaxonH Yeah I know you and I are sold, I'm just worried that bad impressions would turn people away from what could be a great game.

@EvilLucario I'll be happy to buy a heavily discounted game in a few months.

Yeah, unfortunately Daemon X Machina didn't impress me as much as the concept of it did. But, the SO wants it for his birthday, so hopefully the game can change my mind once it's out

Yacht Club Games revealed in their take on Directs that the rest of the content for Treasure Trove (King of Cards, Showdown, physical version) and the amiibo pack is releasing in December.

Also a new game, Shovel Knight Dig was announced.

@Grumblevolcano just watched the presentation. While It stinks KoC isnt coming til December, ill be busy with other games nonetheless. But, I have no idea what shovel knight dig is by watching the trailer. Is it supposed to be like steam works dig 2 or something?

Still getting DxM... If I went by the controls to determine a game I would have thrown Xenoblade 2 in the trash the first 3 hours in. Not sure when though since I'm going to splurge and get Astral Chain. September is booked solid for me.

DQ, Zelda and the new amiibo. That is more than enough. I'm still pre time skip in Fire Emblem.

Warriors Orochi 4 Ultimate on the way to switch. I'm mostly good with the Nintendo ones but I may get this one. Still need Samurai Warriors 4 as well.

DxM might be a purchase down the road. Long down the road.

There's just too much to play this next year.

@NintendoByNature Looks like DIG is a rogue-like. You descend, fight through procedurally generated levels, and unlock gear for future runs.

Huh, well Dig might be good I guess. I stopped playing Roguelikes after awhile until I hit Crypt of the Necrodancer, which intrigued my rhythm loving self enough to give the genre a shot again. We'll have to see if they do something to make the genre interesting for me or not though.

Yacht Club Games Direct, has been streamed just now.

I can totally understand DxM getting shelved in light of all the other great games releasing.

I like how unique it is, and I especially like the idea of flying a mech and shooting using gyro, but truth be told, if I did have to cut a game due to constraints, that would probably be a candidate. Thankfully I don’t have to do that, but I can understand if someone did. Unless mech games are a person’s fave genre to the point it’s non-negotiable, an absolute day one must, it’s probably going to get skipped, even if temporarily, by a great many people.

I can only hope Astral Chain does as well as Fire Emblem (Platinum games deserves to have one of their Nintendo exclusive masterpieces to sell more than a million copies, such a shame about Bayo2 and W101), I can only hope Dragon Quest XI S outsells all other versions (it’s the biggest turn based JRPG ever made, and I’m sick and tired of companies thinking only XYZ gamers are worth selling big games to but not Switch gamers), I can only hope Ni No Kuni does well as it’s a lower profile release and may get lost in the shuffle (which would be a shame since I want future Level-5 support) , and Witcher 3 because it’s one of the biggest western RPGs ever made, and it would be nice for companies to see there’s a market for those on Switch too. Witcher 3 need to at least keep pace with Skyrim and Diablo 3.

If those 4 games do well, I’ll take that as a win.

anyone get Vambrace? I was wondering if it was actually good. It looks interesting to me.

First trailer for Samurai Shodown. Looks pretty good so far, looks much better than SNK Heroines so far. Surprising lack of blood, but first Nintendo Direct trailer for Doom didn't have blood either.

So many stuff coming I want, astrial chain gonna be Sick
DxM cant wait for this one, no its not a big one and its not perfect but I did like the beta, and All the complains I or we as a community had they tackled it, so I really hope this sells well.
Dragon quest is one im Really hyped about!!!

@JaxonH I hope Spyro and Final Fantasy VIII does well enough for more previously Sony console exclusives to come to Switch. For a while Sony consoles weren't most well known for Sony games but rather 3rd party exclusives.

@Grumblevolcano
Alot of them have already either made the jump to Switch, or made the jump to Xbox/PC. Wont happen overnight but, gradually, we're seeing more and more make their way over. Probably why they're buying studios. They see the writing on the wall. The era of 3rd party exclusives is slowly dying. There will always be some, theyll never completely go away, but their number is definitely shrinking.